bottle

Object NameToilet Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1840-1850

Place MadeFrance

Size(Aa&b) H: 15.3 cm: (Aa) H: 8.9 cm; D (rim): 4.3 cm, (max.)(body): 9.7 cm; B (a&b) H: 16.2 cm

Accession Number54.3.52 B

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent amber glass; wear marks; free-blown, blown in a mold, pressed and cut. (a) Hexagonal base with ground pontil mark, flat hexagonal bulbous body supporting the stepped neck flaring at bottom and top; (b) conical stopper with mushroom- like finial with enclosed "tear" and surmounted by a hexagonal obelisk; horizontal concave oval bosses on body, neck and bottom of finial cut in panels.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01